nestjs http method delete method send body data arrive empty

Question

I build nestjs project with microservices and I'm trying to send body data from HTTP method "delete" and get the data from req.body. that data is arrive empty.

nestjs project

  await this.httpServiceInstance
    .delete(`deleteData`, {
    data,
    })

microservice project

routes

  app.delete("/deleteData", endpoint(deleteData));

function deleteData

        module.exports = async (req) => { console.log(req.body) /* more code*/ }

it's print empty object {}

There could be multiple reasons for it, could you please monitor network on the server or container and check if it is even reaching to the server? If it is, may be something on you server app could be the reason may be deserialization in wrong format. — Dipen Shah, Sep 25 '20 at 12:51
Is it possible that the issue would be related to axios? https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/3220 — Jafar Akhondali, Sep 25 '20 at 22:54
that's part of my code. from client I use postman to simulate.. other request works good. only delete method with body not accept the body in microservice — Manspof, Sep 26 '20 at 20:28
Can you state the version you are using? In addition, what is the data type of `this.httpServiceInstance`? — ggordon, Sep 27 '20 at 11:44
The `delete` method could be sending the request with the wrong headers ? Similar to this issue https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37796227/body-is-empty-when-parsing-delete-request-with-express-and-body-parser — Morphyish, Sep 28 '20 at 09:38
@ggordon httpServiceInstance is type of HttpService from @nestjs/common — Manspof, Sep 29 '20 at 06:51

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 28 '20 at 10:46

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Please set $httpProvider in your config this way:

$httpProvider.defaults.headers.delete = { "Content-Type": "application/json;charset=utf-8" };

and then call delete request:

await this.httpServiceInstance
.delete(`xxxxx`, {
data,
})

answered Sep 28 '20 at 10:46

Michel Gokan Khan

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Hi, I added this to the request but it's still not working. in microservice it's still empty – Manspof Sep 29 '20 at 06:54
@Manspof this should work. Can you please provide me with a full project source code, so that I can reproduce your problem and try to help. – Michel Gokan Khan Sep 29 '20 at 08:20
can we make private chat and I share to you? – Manspof Sep 29 '20 at 10:37
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@Manspof No, it should be publically available here, so that other potential users benefit from the answer – Michel Gokan Khan Sep 29 '20 at 11:14
@Manspof you don't have to send your own full source code. Just make a dummy project with minimum required code for reproducing purpose only – Michel Gokan Khan Sep 29 '20 at 11:15
I updated my question with demo code. let me know if you have question – Manspof Sep 29 '20 at 13:11

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 29 '20 at 13:41

I think you're using express, although I don't see it explicitly stated. It needs a body parser, for example:

const express = require('express')
const app = express();
const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;

// parse body as JSON, puts object into req.body
app.use(express.json());

app.route('/deleteData')
.all((req, res) => {
    console.log(req.method, req.body);
    res.json(req.body);
});

app.listen(port, function() {
    console.log('Server started on port: ' + port);
});

Start the server, then test:

curl -X DELETE --data '{"foo": "bar"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' http://localhost:3000/deleteData

Server console shows: DELETE { foo: 'bar' }, returns {"foo":"bar"} to the client.

nestjs http method delete method send body data arrive empty

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